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Nurisng Theories
chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sources of knowledge | traditional, authoriative, scientific |
| traditional knoledge | passed down from generation to generation |
| authoriatative | infomation from an expert |
| scientific | information from research |
| types of knowledge | science, philosophy, process, historical influences, societal influences |
| framework of nursing theory | theory and concepts |
| theory | group concepts that describe a apttern of realaity that can be tested and used to guide research |
| concepts | abstract ideas organzed into symbols of realtity |
| types of reasoning | deductive and inductive |
| deductive reasoning | examines general ideas and considers possible specfic considerations |
| inductive reasoning | builds from specific ideas and considers possible considerations for genreal ideas |
| benefits of nursing | helps resolve current nursing issues, directs nurses towards common goal, leads to improve pt care |
| goal of theorectical frameworks | holistice care, individualized care, promotion of health |
| common concepts in nursing theory (frameworks) | person (pt), environment, helath, nursing |
| most important concept of nurisng theory | the person (Patient) |